"All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it."

"Let us then suppose the mind to be, as we say, white paper, void of all characters, without any ideas; how comes it to be furnished? Whence comes it by that vast store which the busy and boundless fan…"

"God, when he gave the world to men in common, commanded man also to labour, and the penury of his condition required it of him."

"Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him."

"Nobody can be forced to be rich or healthy whether he will or no."